Validation de la version française du Coding Interactive Behavior sur une population d'enfants à la naissance et à 2mois

Objective: This paper presents the psychometric properties of a French adaptation of the Coding Interactive Behavior (CIB), a scale developed by Ruth Feldman and largely used to study mother-infant interaction. Methods: The original manual has been translated in French and adapted to French terminology of concepts. Then Ruth Feldman controlled the translation with the help of a bilingual psychologist. The scale was administered to 74clinical and non-clinical dyads recruited in an obstetric clinic, at birth and 2months postpartum. Confirmatory factor analyses were employed to assess factorial structure using Cronbach's alpha. Inter-rater reliability was estimated with Interclass Correlation Coefficients (ICC). Results: Inter-rater reliability of the training was good with a median ICC equal to 0.88. Confirmatory factor analyses supported a comparable latent factor structure as reported in the original CIB with α ranging from 0.67to 0.96at birth and 0.63to 0.95at 2months. Inter-rater reliabilities at birth and 2months were good with ICC ranging from 0.85to 1for each item. Conclusion: The results indicate that the French version of CIB shares the same latent factor structure as its original counterpart and is a useful tool to assess early mother-infant interaction.